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Obamacare: The Endless Wait

06.14.12 9:00 PM ET

(There was a brief respite while everyone waited for Obama’s 54-minute economic speech to end. The man could use a good editor. We have some at The Daily Beast who specialize in pruning prose.)

But mostly, the capital cognoscenti are waiting for the Supreme Court’s health care ruling.

The problem is, no one knows when it’s coming. Maybe next week. Maybe the week after. Probably on the last day of the term. The rumors keep flying.

The decision on Obamacare could change the presidential campaign as we know it. Or not.

The high court could knock down the law, reversing the signature achievement of the president’s term. It could invalidate only the individual mandate, which happens to be a key pillar of the law. It could uphold the law’s constitutionality, though most analysts, once convinced that would happen, are now convinced it will not.